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Thread #54135   Message #840215
Posted By: okthen
04-Dec-02 - 06:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Help; quiz questions
Subject: RE: BS: Help; quiz questions
St. James the Just (62 AD)
Memory celebrated October 23
The author of the General Epistle of James identifies himself as "James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ " (James 1:1). Early church tradition ascribes this letter to James, the "brother", or kinsman, of our Lord, known as James the Just.

St. James was probably converted by a post-resurrection appearance of Christ (1 Cor. 15:7). The apostles made him the first bishop of Jerusalem (see Acts 12:7, 18; Gal. 1:18, 19, 2:9), where he presided over the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:13).

St. James the Greater
(Heb. Yakob; Sept. Iakob; N.T. Greek Iakobos; a favourite name among the later Jews).

The son of Zebedee (q.v.) and Salome (Cf. Matthew 17:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1). Zahn asserts that Salome was the daughter of a priest. James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," who was probably shorter of stature. We know nothing of St. James's early life. He was the brother of John, the beloved disciple, and probably the elder of the two.

Is there some other reason than the £2 coin being made of 2 different metals,for instance,usually when you see a £2 coin rolling, it's rolling away from you, and the tears in your eye make it appear to wobble?